The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be act…

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active. ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Carl Friedrich Zelter (1892). Goethe's Letters to Zelter: With Extracts from Those of Zelter to Goethe
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The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active. ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Carl Friedrich Zelter (1892). Goethe's Letters to Zelter: With Extracts from Those of Zelter to Goethe

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